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| Television Viewing | 1 |
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| Journal of Communication | 1 |
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| Barwise, T. P. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBarwise, T. P.; And Others – Journal of Communication, 1982
Data analysis from television-viewing surveys suggests that people are not "glued to the box." Rather, the level of repeat-viewing of television--about 60 percent--suggests that television fills the gap between other activities and that the reason people watch television is that they have "so much time to kill." (PD)
Descriptors: Activities, Audiences, Behavior Patterns, Leisure Time
